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Torsten W. Berger Universität für Bodenkultur
(BOKU-University)
Institute of Forest Ecology Peter Jordan-Strasse 82 1190 Vienna Austria Telephone: 43-1-47654-4107
FAX: 43-1-4797896
E-Mail: tberger@woek.boku.ac.at
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Education:
Habilitation (Docent), Boku University, Vienna, 2000; Ph.D., Boku-University, Vienna, 1991; Postgraduate Study of "Technical Environmental Protection", specialized in air pollution, Boku-University and Technical University, Vienna, 1991; Study at the Faculty of Forestry, Boku-University, Vienna, graduation: academic degree of "Diplom-Ingenieur" (diploma-engineer), similar to M.S., 1988
Professional Positions:
Associate Professor for Biogoechemistry and Forest Nutrition, Institute of Forest Ecology, Boku-University, Vienna (2000-present); University Assistant (similar to Assistant Professor) at the Institute of Forest Ecology, Boku-University, Vienna (1992-2000); Postdoctoral Associate at the Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, USA (Prof. Dr. Gene E. Likens). This leave of absence (Institute of Forest Ecology, Vienna) was funded by an Austrian fellowship (Erwin Schrodinger Scholarship, Fonds zur Foderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung) (1994-1996); Research Assistant at the Institute of Forest Ecology, Boku- University, Vienna (1989-1992); Austrian Federal Forests, Department of Forest Inventory and Silviculture (summers 1985-1988).
Research Interests and Activities:
Deposition of atmospheric constituents and its impact on nutrient budgets of forest ecosystems, biogeochemistry, forest nutrition, chemical manipulations of forest ecosystems for evaluating human environmental impacts (e.g. calcium, TFA).
Distinguished Awards and Memberships:
2000: Klaus Fischer Innovation Award for Technology and Environmental Sciences; 1998: 120 Years Boku-University Endowment Award, Vienna; 1994-1996: Erwin Schrцdinger Fellowship, FWF Austria (Fonds zur Fцrderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung); 1987: Prof. Anton Kurir Award for students, Boku- University, Vienna
Selected Publications:
li>Berger, T.W., C. Neubauer and G. Glatzel. 2002. Factors controlling soil carbon and nitrogen stores in pure stands of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and mixed species stands in Austria. Forest Ecology and Management 159: 3-14.Berger, T. W. and G. Glatzel. 2001. Response of Quercus petraea seedlings to nitrogen fertilization. Forest Ecology and Management 149: 1-14. Berger, T. W., C. Eagar, G. E. Likens and G. Stingeder. 2001. Effects of calcium and aluminum chloride additions on foliar and throughfall chemistry in sugar maples. Forest Ecology and Management 149: 75-90. Berger, T. W. and H. Hager. 2000. Physical top soil properties in pure stands of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and mixed species stands in Austria. Forest Ecology and Management 136: 159- 172. Berger, T. W. and G. E. Likens. 1999. Effects of acid anion additions (trifluoroacetate and bromide) on soil solution chemistry of a northern hardwood forest soil. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 116:479-499. Berger, T.W. and G. Glatzel. 1998. Canopy leaching, dry deposition and cycling of calcium in Austrian oak stands as a function of calcium availability and distance from a lime quarry. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 28:1388-1397. Berger, T.W., S.L. Tartowski and G.E. Likens. 1997. Trifluoroacetate (TFA) retention in a northern hardwood forest soil. Environmental Science & Technology 31:1916-1921. Likens, G.E., S.L. Tartowski, T.W. Berger, D.G. Richey, C.T. Driscoll, H.C. Frank and A. Klein. 1997. Transport and fate of trifluoroacetate in upland forest and wetland ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 94:4499-4503. Berger, T.W. and K. Katzensteiner. 1996. Deposition of atmospheric pollutants and its impact on forest ecosystems of the northern Tyrolean limestone alps. Phyton 36:131-144. Berger, T.W., G. Glatzel and A. Kasper. 1996. The influence of basic aerosols on throughfall fluxes of sulfate, ammonium and nitrate in three oak stands along a distance gradient from a lime quarry. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 90:521-530. Berger, T.W. and G. Glatzel. 1994. Deposition of atmospheric constituents and its impact on nutrient budgets of oak forests (Quercus petraea & Quercus robur) in Lower Austria. Forest Ecology and Management 70:183-193.
Co-Authors and Collaborators:
Bing, S.; Driscoll, C.T.; Eagar, C.; Frank, H.C.; Gerzabek, M.H.; Glatzel, G.; Hager, H.; Hietz,J.; Hruska, J.; Kasper, A.; Katzensteiner, K.; Kazda, M.; Klein, A.; Koellensperger, G.; Likens, G.E.; Offenthaler, I.; Popp, M.; Richey, D.G.; Schmid, I.; Schume, H.; Stingeder, G.; Tartowski, S.; Wimmer, R
Graduate Students:
Bliharova, M.; Grissemann, N.; Netherer, S.; Neubauer, C.
Graduate Advisor:
G. Glatzel; G. E. Likens
Title at Hubbard Brook:
Principal Investigator
